Kotha

Kotha, with support from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, brings to you Kotha HealthChats: Sharing Our Gendered Healthcare Stories. Join us on July 20 (Saturday) as we dive into discussion and interactive activities on how gender influences the care we receive in Bangladesh, especially as women and other gender minorities, and the challenges we face in accessing quality treatment and information.
Head to the link in our bio to register!

Kotha, with support from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, brings to you Kotha HealthChats: Sharing Our Gendered Healthcare Stories. Join us on July 20 (Saturday) as we dive into discussion and interactive activities on how gender influences the care we receive in Bangladesh, especially as women and other gender minorities, and the challenges we face in accessing quality treatment and information. We invite you to share your experiences in a safe space and help us advocate and strategise for a more gender-just and equal healthcare system.

Head to the link in our bio to register!

Our Peer Education Training Manual talks in depth about necessary skills needed to be a good peer educator. If you are someone who wants to learn these skills, register for the launching ceremony of our manual from the LINK IN OUR BIO. Event attendees will be able to grab their own copies of the manual!

Our very own Peer Education Training Manual will be launched this Saturday, July 29th. Registration for the event is OPEN. Click the link below to REGISTER NOW! ⬇️⬇️

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Our very own Peer Education Training Manual will be launched this Saturday, July 29th. Registration for the event is OPEN. Click the link in our bio to REGISTER NOW!

Do you feel like you can openly share about your mental health struggles and how you choose to treat them?

Do you think you hold space for your friends to openly discuss their mental health struggles?

Let’s join Holud as they continue to navigate mental health stigma in Bangladesh.

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We must realize how Holud holds privilege to be able to access mental health treatment. Alongside breaking down stigma around mental healthcare, we must address the need for affordable mental healthcare

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Content Warning: Mention of mental health issues

Introducing a comic series starring Holud, a young person navigating the ups and downs of life in Dhaka. Join us in Holud’s journey as they face mental health struggles and figure out how to take better care of themselves!

Content by: Ahona Aroni Hassan and Mayabee Arannya
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[This series was created as part of the Women Gaining Ground Project.]

Our Kotha family is growing and we are so very excited! We are extremely happy to have organized a successful orientation with our new team. It was a day filled with information, laughter and water balloons.

We are looking for Peer Educators for our flagship award-winning Kotha at School program. Kotha at School is Bangladesh's first fully youth-led comprehensive sexuality education program and we are so proud of the key role we have been able to play in popularizing root cause solutions to Bangladesh's culture of gender based violence. JOIN OUR FIGHT AND APPLY NOW

As a Peer Educator you will undergo rigorous training, build deep meaningful connections with fellow team members, develop leadership skills and directly working with students and teach the Kotha at School curriculum through interactive classroom sessions.

Check out the link in our bio for the application and more details! Deadline extended to 30th September!

One of our Peer Educators, Adeeba, writes “My PE experience showed me how fulfilling it can be to start important conversations. It showed me how beautiful it is to hold space for everybody and unlearn things together.”

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
We'd like to thank each of one of you who took the time to apply for Kotha. The response has been amazing and the applicants have only been increasing Hence, we have decided to extend the recruitment deadline and the last day for applying is the 30th of September. Sign up now if you haven't!!

We are looking for Peer Educators for our flagship award-winning Kotha at School program. Kotha at School is Bangladesh's first fully youth-led comprehensive sexuality education program and we are so proud of the key role we have been able to play in popularizing root cause solutions to Bangladesh's culture of gender based violence. JOIN OUR FIGHT AND APPLY NOW

As a Peer Educator you will undergo rigorous training, build deep meaningful connections with fellow team members, develop leadership skills and directly working with students and teach the Kotha at School curriculum through interactive classroom sessions.

Check out the link in our bio for the application and more details! Deadline is September 25th!

One of our Peer Educators, Swaksar, writes “Being a feminist, I always felt the need of creating awareness regarding Gender-based Violence, and joining the PE team of Kotha was one of the best decisions of mine. Not only it helped me to learn the nuances of SHR, it gave me the confidence to voice my opinions on the issues I believe in.”